453, Lot: 210. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Tridrachm (24.5mm, 9.51 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Tyche seated left on throne, holding palm frond and cornucopia; below, half-length figure of river-god Cydnus swimming left; throne decorated with sphinx; all within wreath border; c/m: laureate and draped bust right of Caracalla(?) within oval incuse. Prieur 763 for coin & 777 for countermarked issue; SNG Levante 998 var. (Tyche resting left hand on throne, pelleted border); SNG BN 1404; RPC III 3260. Toned, metal flaw on reverse. Good Fine, c/m: VF. Rare variety with Tyche holding both palm frond and cornucopia on throne decorated with sphinx.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased from Spink, 2003.